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Dayton Visual Artists

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:34:00 -0400

Dayton was the art scene Friday night as members of DVAC gathered for the 19th annual open member show titled Darkness. The exhibition will be displayed from July 13-August 19, 2010. One hundred seventy-two (172) pieces were entered and several artists were recipients of awards, namely, Mark Martel, Don Williams, Matthew Burgy, Kyleen Greene and Mike Elsass.

The View

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:42:00 -0400

The View, a juried landscape exhibition, opening is Sunday, June 27, 2-4 PM. "Canyon Call" and

"Earth Echoes" were accepted into the show.

Rosie

Canyon Call (Award of Excellence)

Earth Echoes

Western Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibition

Sun, 23 May 2010 07:55:00 -0400

The Western Ohio Watercolor Society held its opening and award ceremony at Town & Country Fine Art Center Saturday, May 22, 2010. The show will be at the gallery until June 5.

My piece titled Canyon Call was juried into the show.

Connecting Art and Spirit Workshop

Fri, 14 May 2010 21:45:00 -0400

Confirmed dates for 2011 Connecting Art & Spirit Retreat at Maria Stein. The dates are May 13, 14 and 15, 2011.

Connecting Art and Spirituality

Wed, 05 May 2010 08:43:00 -0400

Connecting Art & Spirit

an art workshop and retreat

Maria Stein Spiritual Center

Maria Stein, Ohio

April 30-May 2, 2010

The theme of grace was the weekend's creativity practice as we explored

the creative expression of grace through visual art. Participants each had a blank

book in which to incorporate text and images. The Book of Grace is a derivative

of the Book of Hours. I directed the participants through meditation, reflection,

creative writing, painting and sharing. It truly was a weekend filled with grace.

As a result, next year's connecting art and spirituality retreat is in the making.

Book of Hours

I made a copy of this book for each participant. It is a

reminder of the hours in a day and a time to offer silent prayers.

Permission was granted for printing by www.gratefulness.org.

An example in the Book of Hours is Vigils: The Night Watch—

before the day's noises begin, when it is still perfectly quiet. "In the stillness

before my day begins, I open my heart to the gift of this hour; gratefully

I listen to the silence."

The prayers in the Book of Hours are:

Vigils: The Night Watch

Lauds: Coming of the Light

Prime: A Deliberate Beginning

Terce: The Joy of Living

Sext: Commitment and Fervor

None: The Shadows Lengthen

Vespers: Lighting the Lamps

Compline: Completing the Circle

Book of Grace

Wed, 05 May 2010 07:51:00 -0400

Book of Grace

All participants on the retreat received a blank book.

They each redesigned the cover and created

text and images pertaining to grace for their pages.

Sacred Path

book page

Definition of Grace

book page

Hour of Vespers

book page

book/page

The Wonderful World of Handmade Paper

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:25:00 -0400

A 2-day handmade paper workshop was held at Town & Country

Fine Art Center on Marcy 27-28, 2010. Nine participants made

paper from cotton and flax. Pulp painting, casting, layering

and embellishing played a major part in this fun filled weekend.

Sacred Altar for Connecting Art & Spirit Workshop

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:18:00 -0500

Opening Prayer for Art Workshop

March 13, 2010

Earlham College Richmond, Indiana

Awake awhile.

It does not have to be forever, just right now.

One step upon the sky's soft skirt would be enough.

And I realize that I am enough.

Awake awhile.

Desire and fear drop out from the equation.

Just one true moment of Love will last for days.

Awake awhile.

Rest all your elaborate plans and tactics for knowing God, for they are all just frozen spring buds far.....so far from Summer's Divine Gold.

Awake awhile...Awake.

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of Light and let it breathe.

And I am left...

In stillness.

Left in peace.

Left in joy..

Left in love.

Left to be nothing more or less than what I am.

Awake awhile. (Hafiz)

An Unfinished Life

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:55:00 -0500

“I believe art is foremost for the artist who creates it. You do it for your soul, and if the rest of the world gets something from it, that's a bonus.” Marion Boddy-Evans

The above piece was selected for the cover of "Presence Journal," a publication for Spiritual Directors International. It will be released September, 2010. It is titled "An Unfinished Life." It was a piece I did in memory of a friend who died while in his youth. The poem I wrote and read at his eulogy.

Ice & Snow Window Formations

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:29:00 -0500

To see beauty

And know that

Life abounds

In all majestic form.

For this I am grateful.